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AMPHIPODA. 



NATATORIA. 



GAMMARID.E. 



GAMMARIDES. 



MELITA GLADIOSA. 



Specific character. All the segments of the pleon, except the sixth, having 

 the dorsal surface of the posterior margin furnished with three teeth. 

 Second pair of guathopoda having the dactylos sciniitar-shaped, angulated 

 near its articulation. 



Length ^ inch. 



Melita gladiosa. Spence Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 185, pi. xxxiii. 



fig. 6. 



This species bears a very general resemblance to the 

 two preceding, but may readily be distinguished by the 

 toothed character of the dorsal surface of the tail, 

 all the segments of which, except the last, have the 

 posterior margin developed into three small teeth. In 

 the specimen from Boulogne, figured in the British 

 Museum Catalogue, there are the rudiments of more 

 teeth on the first and second segments of the tail. The 

 eyes are small and round. The superior pair of antennae 



